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REEL. No. 554,226. Patented Feb. 4, 18596.

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O. 0, WHITE &.M; B. LLOYD.

REEL.

0;- Pa tei ited Feb. 4, I896.

I To all whom/it may UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE O. \VllYlE AND MARSHALL "n. LLOYD, on; MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA... t

3e it known thatw'e, C1. and MARSHALL B.

This invention relates reels or spools designed forholding wire, cord,

or other finaterial andpermitting it to beunpound the refron'i as it is r -i uired for use, and the objects wehave in view are to provide a reel or spool upon which wire or other mate rial may be placed and from which. it may be drawn by niachinery as catching, and the invention consistsgencrally in a reel or spool provided with a supporting plate, a cei'itral tube or opening and a revolublc wire or thread carrier through which the wire or inaterial is passed from the coil to the central tube. g The invention consists, further, in the construction s and combinations,all as hereinafter described, and partie ularl y pointed out in the claims, and will be more readily understood by reference to the acei'nnpanying drawings, in which-- v liigure "l is aside elevation of a spool or reel embodying our coil of wire thereon. 2 is a-vertical section of the same on line a; of Fig. Fig. 3 is a plan view. .liigs. 4-, 5 and (5 are's'iinilar views showing a non-revolving reel, Fig. 5

being a section on line y 3 of Fig. at. r

In the drawings, 2 represents the suitable supymrting or base plate of the reel, preferfox-1n ul u; n this plate are the standards 3, which are n'eferably secured to said plate at their lower ends and are secnredat their up per ends ton rlate 5, said standards being arranged with their upper ends somewhat nearer together than their lower ends, thus forming a central support, upon which a cord or wire or other material may be fastened. The inclined arrangemont oil the standards ilii'ati [he plz, oi? wire or other mate- .riai upon therhei. tube 1 is arranged. conrm and is preferablysupported tialiyin 5 and A :miiar 5) may also in said plates 2%: Annivon 0. WHITE LLOYD, of 'Minneapolis, county of llennepi-n, State of Minnesota,'have invented. certain linproi 'clnents in Reels, of i which the following isa specification. if

to improvements in.

surface of said plate.

it is required for use without any liability oi": snarling, twisting, or

invention and showing a.

and of any suitable size.

said plate. The tube 7 preferably projects a short distance below said collar Q and a revoluble wire'or thread carrier 11 is preferably arranged 'upon, said tube and extends down ward beyond the outer edge ofthe said plate 2, this outer end beingprcferably arranged slightly above or on a level with'thc upper I I The outer end of said thread or wire carrier is provided with an eye 13',through which the thread or wire passes.

he inner end of said carrier consists preferably of a series of coils, which form a yielding bearing between said carrier and the col-' lar 9 and permit said carrier to yieldslightly .while holding it in a substantially horizontal position. The lower end of the tube 7 is preferably screw-threaded and a guide-ring be arranged upon said tube at the inside of.

15, provided with the flaring or funnel-shaped opening, is secured upon the lower end of said tube against said carrier lliand holds the same in position. The Wire or thread after passing through the eye in said carrier is passed into said guide 15 and through the tube 7 and is drawn out of the upper end thereof and is then carried to the ,machineor other device with which it is to be used.

The reel is in use supported from above, for example, as shown in Fig. .4,

In practice we place a coil of wire or other material upon the plate or base 2 and carry the end thereof through said carrier 11 and then through the guide 15 and tube 7, so that the wire is first passed down andthen up through the center of the coil or-bundle. In this manner the wire is drawn downward from the coil or bundle, so that there is no tendoncyto lift anyof the wire from the bundle with the running wire, as it is usual lythe case when wire or material of other kinds is fed in from an ordinaryreel or spool.

We may modify the above-described construction, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, where we provide a strong frame or horse 17, hav-. lug upon its cross-beam the pulley 18 and the depending clips 15,), adapted to support the. reel -body 20, which shown in the preceding figures, except that is substantially that base. The tube 3 is the same and. is'held in the eollars 21 and 22 provided on the erosspieee 23 and the base of the reel-body. ()n the lower end of the tube we arrange the eollar 24, upon which the swivel 25 is adapted to revolve. To this. swivel'we attach the Gun ed tubeor pipe 26, and the wire is taken otf the bundle'fron its eireumferenee, carried down this tube, up through the swivol--joint. and

.thronghthe central tube 3 and over the pulley 18; The pull upon the wire revolves the curved tube to take the wire from the reel, which, with the bundle ot' wire, is stationary and doesuot revolve. This reel merelyhangs from the clips, and eonseqimntly when empty may be readily slipped oil the same to be replaced by a reel having a new bundle of wire.

.Vith this construction it is practically impossible for the wire or thread to become tangled or kinked, and it is thus always free to be drawn in from the reelby the machine or device with which it is to be used.

Having thus described our invention, we elaim as new and desire to secure by Letters atent* 1. The combination in a reel or spool, .of a:

supporting plate or base, a central tube 0\- tending through said plate and through the center of the bundle of material, when the devieeis in use, and means for guiding the wire or material thronghsaid tube, subst am l j iiall as (lOSUllbOtl.

:3 In a reel or spool ot the elass described, the (.(Hlll)i11;ll;l=')ll with a supporting-plate and guide-tube extending through said plate, of a revoluble carrier, and means for guiding the material from said reel through said tube.

.3. The reel or spool provided with a central tube, and means forguiding'the material from said reel through said'tube.

4. The combination standards 3 and plate 5, 'of a central tube 7, a revoluble rarrier 11,,and the guide l5, sub stantiaily as described.

The combination in a'i'eel or spool, of a support, the reel-body consist ing 0ta base or plate and st uulards, n 1eana for hanging said body from said support, a central tube extending up throughsa-id body, and-a revoluble carrier revoluble about the lower end of I said tubeio conduct the wire from the reels to said cent ral tube without twisting the wire,

substantially as deseribed.

In testimony whereof wehave hereunto set our hands this 13th, day of Oetober, 1W2.

' (.LARENCI'J 0. 'Wlllllil.

BLXRSHALL ll. LLOYD. in presence of AQU. PAIL.

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